Bad weather forecasts
As probably anyone who ever listened to a weather forecast knows, they
are woefully inaccurate and inadequate. In recent years the quality is
improving, but it’s still not much better than taking a look out the
window, and tossing a coin.
And yet, since those are the official forecasts, people pay attention. It may not be good, but it’s all we’ve got.
Part of the reason is of course that it doesn’t cost anyone anything to give bad predictions. Heck, everyone expect it,
Well, no more. It seems that from now on weathermen in Moscow will be fined for providing bad forecasts. So far it’s only if a financial loss to the city could be traced directly to the forecast, but hey, it’s a start.
It seems like one more of those crazy legal things, but I don’t think
it is (Hey, it’s not from the US, for starters). That’s one habit that
I do hope everyone will adopt, and the sooner the better.
Hat tip to Overlawyered for the link.
March 5th, 2005 at 14:58 EET | Categories: Legal |
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